2015 Imagen Awards Winners, Honorees & Nominees

Outstanding Achievement Awards

Imagen Legacy Award: Rita Moreno

President’s Award: Hon. Hilda L. Solis

President’s Award: Father Gregory Boyle

Creative Achievement Award: Liz Imperio

Imagen Awards by Category

Imagen Legacy Award: Rita Moreno

Johnny Ortiz & Carlos Pratts accepting award for Best Feature Film for McFarland, USA

Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis receiving the President’s Award

Best Picture

Ana Maria in Novela Land (Fluency Studios)
The Book Of Life (Reel FX/20th Century Fox)
Lake Los Angeles (Small Form Films)
Winner: McFarland (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Spare Parts (Pantelion Films)

Best Director

Georgina Garcia Riedel, Ana Maria in Novela Land (Fluency Studios)
Gonzalo Gonzalez, Seduccion (Plus Entertainment/Cine Latino Network)
Winner: Sean McNamara, Spare Parts (Pantelion Films)
Baldemar Rodriguez, In Search of the American Dream (Adelante Productions/Definition Productions/Adelante Pictures)

Best Actor – Feature Film

Winner: George Lopez, Spare Parts (Pantelion Films)
Diego Luna, The Book of Life (Reel FX/20th Century Fox)
Roberto “Sanz” Sanchez, Lake Los Angeles (Small Form Films)
Michael Steger, Ana Maria in Novela Land (Fluency Studios)

Best Actress – Feature Film

Rosario Dawson, Top Five (Paramount Pictures)
Edy Ganem, Ana Maria in Novela Land (Fluency Studios)
Winner: Zoe Saldana, The Book of Life (Reel FX/20th Century Fox)
Vannessa Vasquez, Sins of a Call Girl (Plus Entertainment/Cine Latino Network)

Best Supporting Actor – Feature Film

Luis Guzman, Ana Maria in Novela Land (Fluency Studios)
Esai Morales, Spare Parts (Pantelion Films)
Winner: Carlos Pratts, McFarland (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Best Supporting Actress – Feature Film

Winner: Kate del Castillo, The Book of Life (Reel FX/20th Century Fox)
Elizabeth Peña, Ana Maria in Novela Land (Fluency Studios)
Bianca Santos, The DUFF (Granville Pictures Inc.)

Best Primetime Television Program – Drama

Castle (ABC Studios)
East Los High (Hulu and Wise Entertainment)
Forever (Lin Pictures in association with Warner Bros Television)
The Fosters (ABC Family)
Gang Related (ABC/20th Century Fox Television)
Winner: Law and Order: SVU (Universal Television and Wolf Films)
Looking (HBO)
Major Crimes (The Shepard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros Television)

Best Primetime Television Program – Comedy

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Universal Television)
Cristela (ABC/20th Century Fox Television)
Winner: Jane The Virgin (The CW)
Modern Family (ABC/20th Century Fox Television)
The Mysteries of Laura (Berlanti Productions and Kapital Entertainment In Association with Warner Bros Television)

Best Primetime Program: Special or Made-for-TV-Movie

Winner: American Crime (ABC Studios)
Whitney (Lifetime/The Sanitsky Company)

Best Actor – Television

Mark Consuelos, Alpha House (Amazon Instant Video/Amazon Studios)
Winner: Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart In The Jungle (Amazon Instant Video/Amazon Studios)
Diogo Morgado, The Messengers (CW Network/CBS Studios)
Jon Seda, Chicago PD (Universal Television and Wolf Films)
Jimmy Smits, Sons of Anarchy (FX Networks/FX Productions)

Best Actress – Television

Ana Ortiz, Devious Maids (ABC Studios/Lifetime)
Dania Ramirez, Devious Maids (ABC Studios/Lifetime)
Monica Raymund, Chicago Fire (Universal Television and Wolf Films)
Judy Reyes, Devious Maids (ABC Studios/Lifetime)
Winner: Gina Rodriguez, Jane The Virgin (The CW)
Roselyn Sanchez, Devious Maids (ABC Studios/Lifetime)

Best Supporting Actor – Television

Justin Baldoni, Jane The Virgin (The CW)
Jaime Camil, Jane The Virgin (The CW)
Raul Castillo, Looking (HBO)
Joe Minoso, Chicago Fire (Universal Television and Wolf Films)
Winner: Danny Pino, Law and Order: SVU (Universal Television and Wolf Films)
Carlos Ponce, Cristela (20th Century Fox Television/ABC)
Mel Rodriguez, Getting On (HBO)

Best Supporting Actress – Television

Maria Canals-Barrera, Cristela (20th Century Fox/ABC)
Ivonne Coll, Jane The Virgin (The CW)
Melissa Fumero, Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Universal Television)
Terri Hoyos, Cristela (Hench In the Trench/ABC)
Winner: Andrea Navedo, Jane The Virgin (The CW)
Constance Marie, Switched At Birth (ABC Family/ABC Studios)
Raini Rodriguez, Austin & Ally (Disney Channel)

Creative Achievement Award recipient Liz Imperio with Kenny Ortega

Best Actor in Television recipient, Danny Pino for Law & Order: SVU

President’s Award Recipient and Homeboy Industries founder, Father Gregory Boyle

Andrea Navedo from Jane the Virgin, winner of the Best Supporting Actress in Television award

Lilimar Hernandez, recipient of the Best Young Actress Award

Modern Family’s Rico Rodriguez, winner of the Best Young Actor Award

BJ Levin, executive producer of Vice, receiving the Best Variety or Reality Show award

Best Young Actor – Television

Xolo Mariduena, Parenthood (NBC/Universal Television)
Winner: Rico Rodriguez, Modern Family (ABC/20th Century Fox Television)
Diego Velazquez, The Thundermans (Nickelodeon)

Best Young Actress – Television

Paola Andino, Every Witch Way (Nickelodeon)
Winner: Lilimar Hernandez, Bella and the Bulldogs (Nickelodeon)
Isabela Moner, 100 Things To Do Before High School (Nickelodeon)
Fatima Ptacek, Dora and Friends: Into the City! (Nickelodeon)

Best Variety or Reality Show

Brain Games (National Geographic Studios)
Cesar 911 (ITV Studios America in association with Leepson Bounds)
La Voz Kids (Telemundo)
Winner: Vice (HBO)

Best Children’s Programming

Dora and Friends: Into the City! (Nickelodeon)
Every Witch Way (Nickelodeon)
Winner: Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (Nickelodeon)

Best Documentary/Film or Television

Inside American Crime (ABC Studios)
Winner: Children of Giant (PBS/Latino Public Broadcasting)
Finding Gaston (Chiwake Films)

Best National Informational Program

America By The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa: Surviving Year One (The Futuro Media Group in association with PBS and the World Channel)
Winner: America By The Numbers with Maria Hinojosa: The New Mad Men (The Futuro Media Group in association with PBS and the World Channel)
American Latino TV (LATV Networks/LATV/GDMX)
Reportajes Especiales (ESPN Deportes)
Voces (PBS/Latino Public Broadcasting)

Best Local Informational Program

#LAPREPA (Time Warner Cable Deportes)
Winner: Life Connected: Hispanic Heritage Special (NBC4-Southern California)
Palmetto Scene: East Coast Migrant Head Start (South Carolina Educational Television)
VISTA L.A. (KABC-TV/ABC7 Los Angeles Planning Dept)

Best On-Air Advertising

Winner: AARP (Alma Advertising Agency)
Jessica Suarez PSA (Vegas PBS)

Best Theatrical Short or Student Film

Casey (Desert Monsoon Media LLC)
El Coyote (Javier Barboza)
Dentro de La Casa de Bernarda Alba (Bilingual Foundation of the Arts & Barnsdall Gallery Theatre)
Winner: Ni-Ni (American Film Institute)

Best Web Series: Comedy

Los Cowboys (Corral360)
Winner: Oh Noah! (Thirteen/WNET New York Public Media)
Under Covers (Arrow & Key Productions)

Best Web Series: Reality or Informational

Winner: Los Cowboys (Corral360)
Newsbreaker En Español (Ora Media)
Who am I? (OWN Digital)